1962 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Essendon were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Essendon were the premiers, with Jack Clarke as the premiership captain and John Coleman as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1962 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 113

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ken Hands
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne
Essendon Windy Hill John Coleman
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Len Smith
Footscray Western Oval Ted Whitten Bill Findlay
Geelong Kardinia Park Bob Davis
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG Norm Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wally Carter
Richmond Punt Road Oval Des Rowe
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Noel McMahen
St Kilda Junction Oval Allan Jeans

Season Results

Premiers: Essendon
Runners-Up: Carlton
Minor Premiers: Essendon

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Essendon 1st 16 -0- 2 64 130.4% 1,574 1,207 223 236 167 205
Geelong 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 139.3% 1,690 1,213 244 226 169 199
Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 125.8% 1,374 1,092 192 222 150 192
Carlton 4th 13 -0- 5 52 112.9% 1,361 1,205 195 191 169 191
Footscray 5th 11 -0- 7 44 108.5% 1,390 1,281 199 196 181 195
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 9 36 108.8% 1,379 1,267 190 239 182 175
Collingwood 7th 9 -0- 9 36 98.5% 1,365 1,386 194 201 198 198
Richmond 8th 5 -0- 13 20 90.5% 1,308 1,446 182 216 206 210
Hawthorn 9th 5 -0- 13 20 86.6% 1,307 1,510 189 173 215 220
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 13 20 79.9% 1,222 1,529 169 208 215 239
North Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 14 16 73.1% 1,152 1,575 160 192 227 213
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 15 12 74.4% 1,193 1,604 166 197 224 260

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Essendon 1st Premiers
Carlton 2nd Runners-Up
Geelong 3rd Defeated by Carlton (Preliminary Final)
Melbourne 4th Defeated by Carlton (Semi Final)
Footscray 5th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 6th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 7th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 8th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 9th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 10th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1962 2:20 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 88 - 127 41,846
SAT 21/04/1962 2:20 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 80 - 47 30,762
SAT 21/04/1962 2:20 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 79 - 51 41,634
MON 23/04/1962 2:20 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 38 - 63 42,170
MON 23/04/1962 2:20 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 85 - 48 29,200
MON 23/04/1962 2:20 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 97 - 91 22,340

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 177.1% 85 48
Footscray 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 170.2% 80 47
St Kilda 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 165.8% 63 38
Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 154.9% 79 51
Geelong 5th 1 -0- 0 4 144.3% 127 88
South Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 106.6% 97 91
North Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 93.8% 91 97
Carlton 8th 0 -0- 1 0 69.3% 88 127
Richmond 9th 0 -0- 1 0 64.6% 51 79
Collingwood 10th 0 -0- 1 0 60.3% 38 63
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 1 0 58.8% 47 80
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 1 0 56.5% 48 85

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1962 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 43 - 111 18,754
SAT 28/04/1962 2:20 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 49 - 56 20,344
SAT 28/04/1962 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 87 - 75 23,500
SAT 28/04/1962 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 51 - 68 15,496
SAT 28/04/1962 2:20 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 65 - 75 17,784
SAT 28/04/1962 2:20 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 73 - 85 23,200

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 2 -0- 0 8 212.2% 191 90
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 154.5% 153 99
Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 135.0% 135 100
South Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 0 8 111.0% 182 164
Geelong 5th 1 -0- 1 4 122.2% 176 144
St Kilda 6th 1 -0- 1 4 110.6% 136 123
Hawthorn 7th 1 -0- 1 4 86.5% 134 155
Carlton 8th 1 -0- 1 4 84.9% 163 192
North Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 2 0 86.1% 142 165
Richmond 10th 0 -0- 2 0 75.3% 116 154
Collingwood 11th 0 -0- 2 0 75.3% 113 150
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 2 0 46.4% 91 196

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1962 2:20 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 110 - 48 19,932
SAT 05/05/1962 2:20 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 94 - 67 22,500
SAT 05/05/1962 2:20 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 103 16,981
SAT 05/05/1962 2:20 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 118 - 79 25,819
SAT 05/05/1962 2:20 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 94 - 35 55,012
SAT 05/05/1962 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 56 - 100 29,840

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 169.6% 229 135
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 148.8% 247 166
Geelong 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 131.8% 294 223
St Kilda 4th 2 -0- 1 8 127.1% 239 188
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 1 8 122.8% 226 184
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 1 8 113.8% 273 240
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 1 8 90.2% 238 264
Collingwood 8th 1 -0- 2 4 103.4% 213 206
Hawthorn 9th 1 -0- 2 4 78.0% 213 273
Richmond 10th 0 -0- 3 0 73.8% 183 248
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 69.1% 190 275
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 3 0 52.2% 156 299

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1962 2:20 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 51 - 83 31,315
SAT 12/05/1962 2:20 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 119 - 71 24,168
SAT 12/05/1962 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 78 - 91 22,300
SAT 12/05/1962 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 56 - 121 13,116
SAT 12/05/1962 2:20 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 93 - 118 24,366
SAT 12/05/1962 2:20 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 75 - 79 37,300

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 167.7% 312 186
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 135.3% 326 241
Footscray 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 135.3% 345 255
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 1 12 130.4% 412 316
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 1 12 114.5% 364 318
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 2 8 117.6% 314 267
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 80.7% 309 383
Collingwood 8th 1 -0- 3 4 91.3% 264 289
Hawthorn 9th 1 -0- 3 4 79.9% 291 364
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 78.0% 277 355
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 4 0 75.4% 276 366
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 62.1% 246 396

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1962 2:20 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 73 - 118 36,457
SAT 19/05/1962 2:20 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 90 - 73 30,661
SAT 19/05/1962 2:20 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 75 - 87 27,788
SAT 19/05/1962 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 74 - 70 18,000
SAT 19/05/1962 2:20 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 104 - 83 20,748
SAT 19/05/1962 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 73 - 94 17,670

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 154.6% 416 269
Essendon 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 141.4% 444 314
Footscray 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 132.6% 435 328
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 2 12 120.8% 487 403
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 2 12 100.2% 437 436
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 3 8 108.4% 387 357
Collingwood 7th 2 -0- 3 8 96.4% 351 364
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 3 8 86.7% 371 428
Hawthorn 9th 2 -0- 3 8 84.1% 365 434
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 3 8 80.1% 382 477
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 5 0 78.6% 346 440
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 65.8% 329 500

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1962 2:20 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 80 - 64 34,528
SAT 26/05/1962 2:20 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 93 - 87 37,000
SAT 26/05/1962 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 56 14,781
SAT 26/05/1962 2:20 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 63 - 17 25,137
SAT 26/05/1962 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 50 - 129 14,140
SAT 26/05/1962 2:20 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 88 - 80 23,600

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 0 24 167.5% 479 286
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 0 24 133.9% 537 401
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 136.0% 616 453
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 2 16 124.0% 522 421
St Kilda 5th 3 -0- 3 12 108.7% 475 437
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 3 12 100.7% 431 428
Carlton 7th 3 -0- 3 12 97.1% 501 516
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 3 12 93.0% 450 484
Hawthorn 9th 2 -0- 4 8 82.1% 421 513
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 4 8 73.9% 399 540
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 6 0 80.7% 426 528
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 60.3% 379 629

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1962 2:20 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 63 - 28 40,224
SAT 02/06/1962 2:20 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 91 - 48 16,973
SAT 02/06/1962 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 53 - 111 25,640
MON 04/06/1962 2:20 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 70 - 54 32,000
MON 04/06/1962 2:20 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 100 - 62 29,230
MON 04/06/1962 2:20 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 62 - 94 28,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 7 -0- 0 28 142.7% 648 454
Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 149.7% 533 356
Geelong 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 139.0% 716 515
Footscray 4th 5 -0- 2 20 130.3% 585 449
St Kilda 5th 4 -0- 3 16 114.0% 569 499
Carlton 6th 4 -0- 3 16 100.2% 571 570
Collingwood 7th 3 -0- 4 12 93.5% 459 491
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 4 12 87.7% 512 584
Hawthorn 9th 2 -0- 5 8 79.6% 483 607
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 5 8 69.4% 452 651
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 6 4 89.8% 517 576
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 59.3% 427 720

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1962 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 74 15,499
SAT 09/06/1962 2:20 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 64 - 44 17,872
SAT 09/06/1962 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 69 - 52 21,000
SAT 09/06/1962 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 52 - 109 18,503
SAT 09/06/1962 2:20 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 64 - 77 26,066
SAT 09/06/1962 2:20 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 43 - 46 38,300

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 7 -0- 1 28 133.8% 700 523
Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 140.5% 607 432
Geelong 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 139.5% 780 559
Footscray 4th 6 -0- 2 24 129.0% 662 513
Carlton 5th 5 -0- 3 20 100.7% 617 613
St Kilda 6th 4 -0- 4 16 112.3% 612 545
Collingwood 7th 4 -0- 4 16 104.6% 568 543
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 4 16 89.4% 588 658
Hawthorn 9th 3 -0- 5 12 83.8% 552 659
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 6 8 69.4% 496 715
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 7 4 89.0% 581 653
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 57.8% 479 829

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1962 2:20 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 81 - 64 32,400
SAT 23/06/1962 2:20 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 74 - 65 26,488
SAT 23/06/1962 2:20 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 107 - 67 35,000
SAT 23/06/1962 2:20 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 84 - 72 48,952
SAT 23/06/1962 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 68 - 67 8,470
SAT 23/06/1962 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 73 - 79 17,900

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 8 -0- 1 32 136.8% 807 590
Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 137.1% 691 504
Geelong 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 127.2% 847 666
Footscray 4th 6 -0- 3 24 122.2% 726 594
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 3 24 103.1% 698 677
Collingwood 6th 5 -0- 4 20 105.6% 642 608
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 5 16 108.7% 684 629
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 5 16 89.2% 653 732
Hawthorn 9th 3 -0- 6 12 85.1% 619 727
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 7 8 90.9% 660 726
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 7 8 71.7% 569 794
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 8 4 61.0% 547 896

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1962 2:20 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 100 - 88 25,479
SAT 30/06/1962 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 52 20,340
SAT 30/06/1962 2:20 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 82 - 65 20,579
SAT 30/06/1962 2:20 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 52 - 48 23,295
SAT 30/06/1962 2:20 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 55 - 73 86,275
SAT 30/06/1962 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 50 - 86 10,950

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 9 -0- 1 36 136.4% 880 645
Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 129.3% 746 577
Geelong 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 125.9% 899 714
Footscray 4th 7 -0- 3 28 122.6% 808 659
Carlton 5th 7 -0- 3 28 103.0% 750 728
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 4 24 106.6% 742 696
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 6 16 107.5% 732 681
Hawthorn 8th 4 -0- 6 16 90.7% 705 777
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 6 16 89.8% 704 784
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 8 8 90.6% 748 826
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 8 8 70.3% 619 880
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 9 4 62.6% 612 978

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1962 2:20 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 116 - 48 20,200
SAT 07/07/1962 2:20 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 94 - 77 37,000
SAT 07/07/1962 2:20 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 58 - 129 34,032
SAT 07/07/1962 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 80 - 96 18,000
SAT 07/07/1962 2:20 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 76 - 66 18,479
SAT 07/07/1962 2:20 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 68 - 78 17,750

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 10 -0- 1 40 134.9% 974 722
Geelong 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 133.2% 1,028 772
Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 128.2% 842 657
Carlton 4th 8 -0- 3 32 111.6% 866 776
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 4 28 109.9% 866 788
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 5 24 103.7% 819 790
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 7 16 105.4% 800 759
Hawthorn 8th 4 -0- 7 16 89.9% 785 873
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 7 16 89.5% 770 860
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 8 12 92.4% 824 892
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 9 8 67.0% 667 996
North Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 9 8 66.0% 690 1,046

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1962 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 102 21,326
SAT 14/07/1962 2:20 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 57 - 73 30,594
SAT 14/07/1962 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 84 - 102 16,000
SAT 14/07/1962 2:20 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 94 - 45 9,543
SAT 14/07/1962 2:20 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 69 - 84 21,174
SAT 14/07/1962 2:20 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 108 - 85 29,500

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 11 -0- 1 44 139.6% 1,076 771
Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 127.5% 926 726
Carlton 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 112.7% 939 833
Geelong 4th 8 -0- 4 32 128.4% 1,085 845
Footscray 5th 8 -0- 4 32 111.0% 968 872
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 6 24 100.7% 904 898
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 7 20 107.6% 908 844
Hawthorn 8th 4 -0- 8 16 89.1% 869 975
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 8 16 85.1% 819 962
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 9 12 91.5% 893 976
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 9 12 71.9% 784 1,091
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 10 8 65.3% 712 1,090

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1962 2:20 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 67 - 51 19,029
SAT 21/07/1962 2:20 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 99 - 60 16,848
SAT 21/07/1962 2:20 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 89 - 55 20,500
SAT 21/07/1962 2:20 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 65 - 46 17,721
SAT 21/07/1962 2:20 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 63 - 79 51,470
SAT 21/07/1962 2:20 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 63 - 80 14,380

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 12 -0- 1 48 141.0% 1,165 826
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 113.8% 1,006 884
Geelong 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 128.2% 1,164 908
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 4 36 122.9% 989 805
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 4 36 112.5% 1,033 918
Collingwood 6th 7 -0- 6 28 104.7% 1,003 958
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 7 24 108.9% 988 907
Hawthorn 8th 4 -0- 9 16 86.5% 929 1,074
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 9 16 84.2% 865 1,027
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 10 12 90.5% 944 1,043
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 10 12 71.1% 839 1,180
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 11 8 66.2% 775 1,170

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1962 2:20 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 76 - 72 19,115
SAT 28/07/1962 2:20 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 47 - 68 28,801
SAT 28/07/1962 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 83 - 109 18,000
SAT 28/07/1962 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 48 - 78 16,436
SAT 28/07/1962 2:20 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 83 - 84 24,043
SAT 28/07/1962 2:20 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 94 - 54 18,450

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 13 -0- 1 52 137.4% 1,249 909
Carlton 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 116.3% 1,084 932
Geelong 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 128.5% 1,273 991
Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 4 40 124.1% 1,057 852
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 5 36 109.5% 1,080 986
Collingwood 6th 8 -0- 6 32 104.8% 1,079 1,030
St Kilda 7th 7 -0- 7 28 112.6% 1,082 961
Hawthorn 8th 4 -0- 10 16 85.5% 1,012 1,183
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 10 16 82.0% 919 1,121
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 11 12 91.1% 1,027 1,127
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 11 12 70.5% 887 1,258
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 12 8 68.0% 847 1,246

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1962 2:20 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 59 - 53 18,250
SAT 04/08/1962 2:20 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 97 - 47 26,000
SAT 04/08/1962 2:20 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 50 - 60 9,399
SAT 04/08/1962 2:20 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 98 - 54 23,555
SAT 04/08/1962 2:20 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 92 - 77 54,312
SAT 04/08/1962 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 63 - 80 17,260

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 14 -0- 1 56 140.8% 1,346 956
Carlton 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 116.0% 1,143 985
Geelong 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 131.2% 1,371 1,045
Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 4 44 123.7% 1,149 929
Footscray 5th 10 -0- 5 40 110.6% 1,160 1,049
Collingwood 6th 8 -0- 7 32 103.0% 1,156 1,122
St Kilda 7th 7 -0- 8 28 106.7% 1,129 1,058
Hawthorn 8th 4 -0- 11 16 85.7% 1,065 1,242
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 11 16 82.0% 969 1,181
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 11 16 72.4% 947 1,308
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 12 12 88.2% 1,081 1,225
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 13 8 68.6% 910 1,326

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1962 2:20 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 53 - 95 30,865
SAT 11/08/1962 2:20 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 71 - 62 39,000
SAT 11/08/1962 2:20 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 118 - 143 10,169
SAT 11/08/1962 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 71 - 83 10,339
SAT 11/08/1962 2:20 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 77 - 94 15,992
SAT 11/08/1962 2:20 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 86 - 76 26,300

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 15 -0- 1 60 139.2% 1,417 1,018
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 133.5% 1,466 1,098
Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 123.2% 1,232 1,000
Carlton 4th 12 -0- 4 48 114.1% 1,205 1,056
Footscray 5th 10 -0- 6 40 108.9% 1,236 1,135
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 8 32 107.1% 1,215 1,134
Collingwood 7th 8 -0- 8 32 99.3% 1,209 1,217
Hawthorn 8th 5 -0- 11 20 87.9% 1,159 1,319
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 12 16 82.1% 1,087 1,324
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 12 16 73.2% 1,018 1,391
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 13 12 87.8% 1,158 1,319
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 13 12 72.9% 1,053 1,444

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1962 2:20 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 116 - 74 32,550
SAT 18/08/1962 2:20 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 101 - 64 31,185
SAT 18/08/1962 2:20 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 102 - 71 26,707
SAT 18/08/1962 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 83 - 91 9,600
SAT 18/08/1962 2:20 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 68 - 64 20,752
SAT 18/08/1962 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 52 - 67 18,360

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 15 -0- 2 60 132.4% 1,481 1,119
Geelong 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 134.1% 1,568 1,169
Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 123.5% 1,299 1,052
Carlton 4th 13 -0- 4 52 116.9% 1,321 1,130
Footscray 5th 11 -0- 6 44 111.5% 1,337 1,199
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 9 32 106.4% 1,279 1,202
Collingwood 7th 8 -0- 9 32 96.2% 1,283 1,333
Hawthorn 8th 5 -0- 12 20 88.1% 1,242 1,410
Fitzroy 9th 5 -0- 12 20 83.7% 1,178 1,407
Richmond 10th 4 -0- 13 16 88.6% 1,226 1,383
North Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 13 16 72.9% 1,089 1,493
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 14 12 73.1% 1,105 1,511

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1962 2:20 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 82 - 53 23,936
SAT 25/08/1962 2:20 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 93 - 88 20,900
SAT 25/08/1962 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 44 - 122 18,447
SAT 25/08/1962 2:20 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 75 - 40 54,264
SAT 25/08/1962 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 63 - 82 10,602
SAT 25/08/1962 2:20 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 100 - 65 17,450

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 16 -0- 2 64 130.4% 1,574 1,207
Geelong 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 139.3% 1,690 1,213
Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 125.8% 1,374 1,092
Carlton 4th 13 -0- 5 52 112.9% 1,361 1,205
Footscray 5th 11 -0- 7 44 108.5% 1,390 1,281
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 9 36 108.8% 1,379 1,267
Collingwood 7th 9 -0- 9 36 98.5% 1,365 1,386
Richmond 8th 5 -0- 13 20 90.5% 1,308 1,446
Hawthorn 9th 5 -0- 13 20 86.6% 1,307 1,510
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 13 20 79.9% 1,222 1,529
North Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 14 16 73.1% 1,152 1,575
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 15 12 74.4% 1,193 1,604

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1962 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 76 - 78 82,773
SAT 08/09/1962 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong MCG 105 - 59 95,393

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1962 2:30 PM Geelong v Carlton MCG 85 - 85 87,824
SAT 22/09/1962 2:30 PM Geelong v Carlton MCG 73 - 78 99,203

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1962 2:50 PM Essendon v Carlton MCG 90 - 58 98,385